clubman

[ kluhb-muhn, -man ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural club·men [kluhb, -m, uh, n, -men].

a man who belongs to a club, especially a fashionable club, and is active in club life.

clubman

/ ˈklʌbmən /

Origin of clubman¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; club + man

A clubman never pays an attendant for refreshment or food served.

In 1879 a clubman would no more have thought of walking down Pall Mall in brown boots than of flying.

Say, goin' up those stairs where I live I cert'n'ly must 'a' sounded like a well-known clubman gettin' home from an Elks' banquet.

Our Alpine Clubman affords while in the Alps an example of almost perpetual motion.

But why has Raymond S. Cotton, wealthy clubman and financier and prominent in north-shore society circles, disappeared?

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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